Autauga Commission District 2 ballot issue reported

PRATTVILLE – A small number of voters in the Republican primary for the Autauga County Commission District 2 race could not cast their votes Tuesday.

District 2 ballots were not sent to the Statesville voting site, said Autauga County Probate Judge Al Booth, the county’s chief election official.

“It’s my fault. I take responsibility,” Booth said in his office Wednesday morning. “The good news is the situation did not affect the outcome of the race. We still would have had a runoff.

“A section of about 35 voters on one road were affected by not having the proper ballots at the site. We are looking now to find out just how many of the 35 or so voters cast ballots Tuesday. It is a problem, and we will have it fixed by the runoff.”

John Thrailkill received 783 votes, or about 40 percent, forcing a runoff with incumbent Kyle Glover, who collected 754 votes, or about 39 percent. Theresa Pearson Dunn rounded out the field with 399 votes, or about 21 percent.

Thrailkill said he is concerned about the situation.

“People that wanted to vote in our race should have been able to vote,” he said. “Everybody should have the opportunity to cast their vote. But it looks like it didn’t change the outcome of the election as far as the runoff goes. I’m confident that the problem will be worked out by the runoff.”

The runoff will be July 15.

Glover had similar sentiments.

“What mainly concerns me is voters in Autauga County were disenfranchised,” Glover said. “I have talked with election officials, and they have the situation well in hand. I’m sure the whole thing will be rectified.”